Chapter 129: New Developments in the Domestic Game Industry
"Boss, what are your orders?" Wang Mengyao asked respectfully while standing aside.
"Well......" Zhang Lexing thought about it and decided to listen to the trends in the domestic game industry first, and then talk about his own affairs, so he asked Wang Mengyao: "Mengyao, what is the situation in China recently?"
"The situation in China is like this during this time......" Wang Mengyao took out her notepad and began to introduce it 1510.
The PS version of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy", which was originally expected to be launched at the end of last year, was released as scheduled, just in time for the best time for the business war at the end of the year, although the listing time was still short, but it also achieved sales of 800,000 units, which is not too prominent in the sales list of PS games, but compared with the computer platform, it is already quite a good result.
During the winter vacation, Fengyun Interactive also arranged for the release of some games, including the card battle game "Mythology", the strategy game "The Spring and Autumn of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", the monopoly game "Happy Jianghu", and the simulation game "Civil Aviation of China" and the first work of the leading company "Guandu". There is no game that can be called a masterpiece, but perhaps because of the proximity to the Spring Festival, "Happy Jianghu Xing", which supports multiple people to play on the same computer, has achieved quite good sales, and the sales in mainland China have exceeded 45,000 sets in less than three weeks, even exceeding the record set by "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" last year, of course, there is also the credit of the ultra-low price of 48 yuan a set.
As for the results of "Mythology" and "The Spring and Autumn of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty", "Mythology" barely exceeded 10,000 sets, while "The Spring and Autumn of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" just reached 13,000 sets. "Mythology" is mainly affected by its gameplay has not yet become popular.,There aren't many people interested.,If it's not for the game picture is dazzling enough.,The character settings are attractive.,It's even worse if you don't get a good result.,But when its related comics and other peripherals gradually develop.,Maybe the situation will be greatly improved.。 "The Spring and Autumn of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty" is mainly a little smaller in terms of audience, but fortunately, there are not a few players who are interested in this type of game who are in contact with computer games during this period, if it is not an unpopular period like the Spring and Autumn Period, but it has been replaced by the familiar era of the Three Kingdoms, maybe sales can go up. However, Zhang Lexing doesn't want his company to lack of pursuit, just like some game companies, when it comes to strategy, it is the Three Kingdoms, and when it comes to role-playing, it must be martial arts.
"Civil Aviation of China" was originally said to be a work of Qiu Bojun's personal practice, which is almost not a qualified game, but with the help of a more powerful Xishanju, "Civil Aviation of China" has also been reborn as a decent strategy management game, more like a refined version of the "aviation hegemony", but unfortunately it is still a little complicated to get started, and the result is only 11,000 sets.
"Guandu" has successfully attracted the attention of many people with a series of gimmicks such as "Three Kingdoms" and "Real-time Strategy", reaching 20,000 sets of sales in one fell swoop, but after deducting the costs of distribution and other aspects, the share in hand does not dare to invest in game development and improvement, but fortunately, with the help of Fengyun Interactive, "Guandu" successfully entered the Japanese and South Korean markets, and achieved quite good results, and earned 120,000 US dollars in overseas sales for the leading company. The addition of the two is not only the return of the investment, but also the profit in the eyes of the leading company, and the company is laughing and laughing every day for a while.
In addition to the release of these domestic games, some games of Fengyun Interactive Agent Sinicization also landed on the market during this winter vacation, bringing some different game styles. In addition to a series of works released by Fengyun Interactive, other companies also have a lot of games on the market, especially Jinpan Electronics, which launched "Bosnian War", "Stormtroopers", "Virus War" and other four in one go, which even includes typing practice games such as "Chocolate ABC", which is very suitable for the needs of the tide of computer popularization. In addition, some companies that have accepted the investment of the dream fund or self-raised funds have also come up with works that have been brewing for a long time, but the influence is not great, but an obscure company called Genesis Technology has come up with a game called "A A Fengyun", which is actually a simulation game similar to CM, but with the just emerging A League, this game has still attracted a lot of attention, including some players.
Following Zhiguan, another Taiwanese game company, Spectrum Boshuo, entered the mainland market, bringing nearly a dozen games including "Rich Armor World", "Happy and Happy People" and "Business Empire at the End of the Century" in its first appearance. However, in contrast, the news of Electronic Arts (EA) officially landing in China is more shocking, according to Wang Mengyao, their office is in Beijing's Haidian District, and there may be several partially Chinese games on the market in the near future. Compared with these market news, the last news Wang Mengyao said made Zhang Lexing's heart palpitate even more.
Wang Mengyao looked at the notepad and said: "Boss, according to reliable sources, the Press and Publication Administration is about to publish an "Interim Regulations on the Management of Electronic Publications", and the scope of its management also includes games. It means that the publication and distribution of games will also be included in the management scope of the Press and Publication Administration, and the future game listing will not be able to do it alone, and it is necessary to cooperate with the publishing house, because the electronic publication needs to be marked on the cover with the name and address of the publisher, the special Chinese standard book number and the book number barcode of the electronic publication, etc.......
After listening to Wang Mengyao's introduction, Zhang Lexing couldn't help but think of those games that had been crabbed, and couldn't help but worry for a while: "The copyright office has come out of the mountain, it seems that the censorship system of this game is not far away, I hope the suggestions I put forward can start to work......
Wang Mengyao saw Zhang Lexing's face seemed a little sad, and thought that she was worried about the "Interim Regulations on the Administration of Electronic Publications", she hurriedly explained: "Boss, you don't have to worry, according to me, other companies in our group have a good cooperative relationship with some domestic publishing houses, I believe that with this relationship in it, Fengyun Interactive will not be very troublesome to deal with those publishing houses." ”
Zhang Lexing knew that Wang Mengyao had misunderstood, but after all, what he was thinking had not happened yet, so it was not easy to take it out, so he had to nod and temporarily reveal the matter.
"Meng Yao, has there been any recent changes in the creative workshop?"
Wang Mengyao didn't look at the notepad this time, and replied directly with her mouth: "Well, at present, the total number of people in the creative workshop has reached 520, including 470 game developers...... According to the resolution of the annual meeting, the creative workshop will set up independent companies in Shanghai and Guangzhou, and transfer about 60 people to each of the two places, including some employees with 3~5 years of development experience, will adopt an independent accounting business operation model, investment from Fengyun Interactive, in order to support its development, will also be "The Legend of Sword and Fairy" and "Three Kingdoms" The subsequent versions of the two companies will be handed over to these two companies for development.
In addition, the workshop will allow employees with more than three years of development experience to lead their own ventures, which can be raised by themselves or invested by the company, and there is already a team of about 20 people who plan to set up a game development studio to develop a more intelligent strategy game. Their application has been approved, and the studio should be officially launched by the end of this month (referring to March).
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Zhang Lexing nodded with satisfaction, although I don't know if this change can achieve the expected goal, but at least there is a chance to recruit some talents who are unwilling to come to Beijing, and there is a chance to accumulate more strength, I believe that it will definitely bring some benefits to the future of the domestic game industry.
After Wang Mengyao introduced the situation, Zhang Lexing finally said the purpose of today: "Mengyao, I have a game idea, I need someone to complete it, do you see that the creative workshop still has people to draw people? It doesn't necessarily need too many people, there are five or six plans, three or four programs and art, so it's almost the same, I need them to help improve this idea first." ”
Wang Mengyao took out a notepad and looked at it, and said: "This must be no problem, there are just a few project teams that have just been completed, except for those who want to be transferred to Shanghai and Guangzhou, and those who are about to set up studios, there are still enough manpower, and there is no problem at all in transferring more than ten people." ”
"Alright, you go and do it right now, and get them to come over as soon as possible. Zhang Lexing explained that he couldn't wait to make the game in his heart.
"Okay, boss, I'm going to call. I'll report back to you as soon as I get the news. Wang Mengyao bowed slightly, turned around and left Zhang Lexing's office.
More than ten minutes later, Wang Mengyao came back again, and as soon as she entered the office, she smiled at Zhang Lexing and said: "Boss, the matter is done, I helped you transfer 8 plans, 5 programs and 5 artists, they still have a little matter to deal with, and they should be able to rush to Hong Kong in two days." ”
Although it will take two days to wait, it doesn't matter, I can just use these two days to do something else, and by the way, refine the idea of "Adventure King". Thinking of this, Zhang Lexing nodded and instructed Wang Mengyao: "Mengyao, you have done a good job in this matter." It's okay, you go and get busy with other things first, and I'll call you if you have something. ”
"Okay, boss, I'll go out first. Wang Mengyao bowed slightly, turned around and walked out of the office.
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